It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'
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{{Infobox album
| name = It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'
| type = Album
| artist = Johnny Tillotson
| cover = JTillotson_Hurtin.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = January–May 1962
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length =
| label = Cadence
| producer =
| prev_title = This Is Johnny Tillotson
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Talk Back Trembling Lips
| next_year = 1963
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = New Record Mirror
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last= Watson |first= Jimmy |date=8 December 1962 |title=Johnny Tillotson: It Keeps Right On A'Hurtin' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/62/Record-Mirror-1962-12-08.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=91 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224617/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/62/Record-Mirror-1962-12-08.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
}}
It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' is an album by Johnny Tillotson. It was released to capitalize on the success of Tillotson's hit of the same name.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} The album was arranged by Archie Bleyer and had vocal accompaniment by the Anita Kerr Singers and the Jordanaires. Charlie McCoy plays the harmonica on four tracks.
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issued dated July 21, 1962, and remained on the chart for 31 weeks, peaking at number eight.
Track listing
=Side 1=
- "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" (Johnny Tillotson)
- "Lonely Street" (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson)
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams)
- "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson)
- "I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard)
- "What'll I Do" (Irving Berlin)
=Side 2=
- "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (Hank Williams)
- "Take Good Care of Her" (Arthur Kent, Ed Warren)
- "Four Walls" (George Campbell, Marvin Moore)
- "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" (Hank Locklin)
- "Fool #1" (Kathryn R. Fulton)
- "Hello Walls" (Willie Nelson)
Charts
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!Chart (1962) !Peak |
US Top LPs (Billboard){{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/782/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0-8982-0117-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=782}}
|align="center"|8 |
Singles
References
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Category:Johnny Tillotson albums